Do you still post on Social media?

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When Instagram came out, I used to post pics regularly, as did people I knew and it was like a little community, Fb was good too, lots of connections between people. It’s all completely different now, I post on stories occasionally but am even bored of that and feel weird after i’ve posted and question why I did. I wonder why some people post on stories every day for most of the day…?

I just don’t feel the same about it anymore, which is a shame as it was good maybe 6-10 years ago

All seems a bit sad now?

i am not sure what is unreasonable
i still post special occasions

is it a generational or age thing? I’m 35… I barely post. I mostly post on instagram stories but even that I can’t be bothered to do most of the time now! Social media fatigue?

Other than Mumsnet, not really much.

Social media fatigue after the events of the last five years seems like a reasonable guess.

Not every day. If I've found something funny maybe. But I've only Facebook. I never bothered with the rest.

I don't class MN as social media as it's an internet forum and forums pre-dates social media by at least 10 years. If push comes to shove, you can even say 20 years if you count pre world wide web internet.

I don't count Reddit as social media either because that's a forum too.

WhatsApp isn't either because it's an instant messenger. Before WhatsApp, you had MSN, AIM, ICQ, IRC etc.

My social media use has fallen off a cliff (unless you count Mumsnet). Used to post on Facebook/Insta about once a week, now I maybe use them once every couple of months.

Facebook is a sewer these days: ads and AI slop. Instagram is a narcissist’s playground. I have to use LinkedIn for work but I hate it: tedious corporate virtue signaling. Don’t get me started on X.

In many ways its good: people have wasted so much time on it. But I slightly miss the cameraderie of Facebook in the old days: it made it much easier to keep up with old friends in a low pressure way.

It’s probably long overdue for people to find more interesting and productive ways to spend their time so overall quite happy people are spending less time on it.

No. When I first discovered Facebook I posted loads 🙈 but not for the last 10 years or so. I only stay on fb for the village groups 🤣
I’m on Instagram but never post on there either - just an observer!
Still post on Mumsnet after over 15years! I assume one day I will stop this too.

Nope. I have LinkedIn but rarely post. Still have a Twitter account too but don’t post or even scroll, just use it to see the school posts. Haven’t had Facebook or Instagram for years. I was obsessed with insta for a while and amassed quite a following but it all got a bit much and I retreated. Don’t really miss it.

Yes I’m talking FB and Instagram really, I still go on here and Whatsapp. Never did Tiktok etc

I don’t post anymore and I’m 34 now. I think I just came to the realisation a while back that I only post to get likes. And on reflection that seemed really unhealthy to be posting about my life so I can get validation from people I barely speak to. I also have two young children and my life pretty much revolves around them and I want them on social media. I can be proud of my life and my children without needing to tell everyone about it. I do find people who constantly post a bit cringy now if I’m honest.

I don't bother any more, tbh.

I post on here and occasionally on Reddit, but that's it. I no longer do FB and never got into Instagram.

Yes this is me too. It does feel a bit sad that it’s not like the old days and the whole point of it connecting people has mainly gone as I barely see people’s posts, just ads or influencers, it’s a shame

I wonder how they are still maintaining that level of enthusiasm for posting

I think I have always found it a bit needy and desperate when people overshared on social media but there was enough good content to cut them some slack.

What’s changed for me is that the platforms just use you as a receptacle for algorithm vomit: you look at something once and for months you are bombarded by shit because its vaguely the right demographic and you once clicked on something remotely similar.

I get endless ads pushed at me related to cortisol and whether my cortisol levels are too high. If I was ever interested in reading up on this having a million heavy handed and poorly drafted AI posts about cortisol would send me running screaming for the hills.

i will post photos of the dc but its set to a limited audience so family & wider family. Other people cant see it and even then its once every 3/4 months.
otherwise no. My friends still use it and post regularly though.

When I look back at the amount of photos I used to post on Instagram up until a few years ago, I feel really embarrassed 🙈

All social media is just endless ads, it's exhausting and I hate it. Came off FB 4 months ago and don't miss it. Probably won't be long til I do the same with Instagram, it's just a good way to see what's on in the local area etc. Tik tok can be mildly amusing and a good way to pass the time but the algorithms are shite, all I get is funny animals (mostly appreciated TBF 😂) and self improvement nonsense about how I'm deteriorating as a peri menopausal woman and which supplements I HAVE to take. Yak

I’m 41and have deleted FB and Instagram. Never used anything else. It’s just endless adverts and influencers. I think it’s a bit desperate looking when people overuse and overshare.
I also don’t post much on Linked. I’m paid to do my job, not be a social media ‘starlet’ which seems to be most people’s goal on there.

Yes, I still post on Facebook fairly frequently, but I'm in my 50s. My daughter who's in her 20s doesn't.

I've never liked it as it just seems so self absorbed and vain. I have a FB account but have never posted personal photos. I'm 67 and my DC are late 20s. I never liked the idea that people put private family photos online.
I use FB mainly as a source of information, finding tradesman, about areas I'm going to go on holiday, location events. I never post.
I do use and post on X. I know it can be a sewer but it all depends on what you click on and follow. Lots who left for Blue sky have returned. I follow book stuff, garden stuff, science, medical, wildlife photography, and some politics.

I’m only on Facebook but I don’t post anything any longer, nor do most people I know. Seems to be mostly interest groups and adverts these days - I’m not even sure why I’m still on there.

I’m on Facebook but mostly for the groups.

my village has one and various of my music groups have one and it’s their main method of communication.

i mostly post pics of my cats.

never post on x anymore, never got into insta.

Not very much. I dont assume everyone is interested in knowing what im doing all the time, and I dont want everyone to have a blow by blow account of my life either.

Its not necessary.
I dont think facebook has been a really good thing. There are lots of negatives.

My social media usage has definitely slowed down over the last 2-3 years.

I like fb, and check it daily, but don't post anywhere near as much as I used to. I can easily go 2-3+ weeks between posts, whereas I feel like not that long ago, I used to post something at least 3-4 times a week.

The same goes for Instagram - I now only post the big events. Holidays, birthdays etc. Much less of the day to day stuff.